#B4B8B2#B4B8B2

#B4B8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.009 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8B2
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(100, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(100, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -2.51, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 3.58, 134.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0067 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.009 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9974, 47.1986, 48.9032)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8B2 #B6B2B8

analogous

#B7B8B2 #B4B8B2 #B2B8B3

triadic

#B4B8B2 #B2B4B8 #B8B2B4

tetradic

#B4B8B2 #B2B7B8 #B6B2B8 #B8B3B2

square

#B4B8B2 #B2B7B8 #B6B2B8 #B8B3B2

split-complementary

#B4B8B2 #B3B2B8 #B8B2B7

monochromatic

#767D73 #959B92 #B4B8B2 #D3D5D2 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B4B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8B2

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8B2	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.009 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdc9',
    500: '#b4b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8b2;
$custom-light: #cacdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.00948,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8B2

secondary

#E3E2E4

accent

#588E7C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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